Thursday, August 1
Sculpt & Stretch
10 AM – 11 AM (The Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Rd) In this class, you’ll not only gain flexibility and strength, but you will also focus on body awareness and increased range of motion using hamstring, quad stretches, lower back, and upper body stretches! You will also build muscle and sculpt your body using light weights for your arms chest and back! We’ll also concentrate on posture and balance. Please bring a 1/2” thick pilates mat, set of 3 and 5 lb weights (or 1 and 3 lbs, depending on your preference).
Saturday, August 3
Yoga
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM (The Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Rd) This vinyasa-inspired yoga class includes centering meditations that connect the mind and body for postures that flow to the rhythm of your breath and inspiring music. Please bring a yoga mat to class.
Community Service Clay Creations
2 – 3 PM. (The Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Rd) Work with air-dry clay to create small sculptures that will be on display in the YA section from August 5 – August 30. You will earn one hour of community service for participating. For children in grades 6-12.
Monday, August 5
Storytime in the Park!
11 AM – 11:30 AM (Gerry Park, 2 Paper Mill Rd) Join us outside in the park as we gather together for stories, songs, fingerplays and more! Develop important pre-literacy skills including vocabulary, print awareness, narrative skills, and phonological awareness, all from participating in story time. Don’t forget to bring a chair or blanket to sit on. For children birth – age 5. Online registration required. Photographs and video footage taken during programs may be used for library publicity. Please tell library staff if you do not want a photo taken of you or your child.
Bridge Buddies
12 PM – 4 PM (The Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Rd) Join us for an afternoon of open bridge with the guidance of an instructor! No partner is needed, there is never a charge, nobody keeps score, and everyone is included. No registration required.
Tuesday, August 6
Creative Writing Discussion and Workshopping Group
11 AM – 1 PM (The Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Rd) Whether you’re a seasoned and skilled scribbler or you’ve never dabbled in creative writing before, join this group to practice, enhance, and learn skills for approaching any imaginative prose, including fictional short stories, creative non-fiction—such as memoir-style writing— novels, and more. Each session will include an instructional segment, a time for writing, and a workshopping component in which you will be encouraged to share your work with and receive feedback from other writers. If you’re already working on a writing project, please feel free to bring that piece along with you, and if you’re starting from scratch, that’s great too! Miss the first session or two? Not a problem! You can still join.
Wednesday, August 7
Opera Talk: La Traviata
1 PM – 2 PM (Online) Join presenter Tanisha Mitchell and immerse yourself in La traviata, an opera in three acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave), that premiered in Venice at La Fenice opera house on March 6, 1853. Based upon the 1852 play by Alexandre Dumas fils (La Dame aux camélias), the opera marked a large step forward for Verdi in his quest to express dramatic ideas in music. La traviata means “the fallen woman” or “the one who goes astray” and refers to the main character, Violetta Valéry, a courtesan. The opera features some of the most challenging and revered music in the entire soprano repertoire; the aria “Sempre libera” at the end of Act I is especially well known.
